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| - I was drawn to the restaurant on this evening for the outstanding Pittsburgh Restaurant Week promotion, a one-week event which draws in dozens of fine local establishments. The Capital Grille offers the best deal and the finest quality of cuisine of the bunch: choice of salad or soup, entree, including three steak choices, side dishes of mashed potatoes and fresh green beans, and creme brulee or flourless chocolate espresso cake for the relatively low price of $35, less than half of what this meal would ordinarily cost. The bread basket contains an interesting assortment including a matzoh-like item which was delicious and crisp. The butter pats were soft and an excellent accompaniment to the bread basket choices. My sirloin steak was delicious, but part of it (ordered medium rare) was raw.
The restaurant is beautiful and comfortable. My wife and I were provided a spacious booth in a part of the restaurant that was not particularly noisy, though we were forced to wait for a good while despite there being many empty tables and booths when we arrived for our reservation. I believe the idea is to get customers into the bar with a cocktail before they are seated at a table.
$15 for a delicious, but average-sized martini is profiteering. I was surprised that there were no draft beers at a restaurant such as this, particularly one which has a large bar.
Our service from Koy was efficient, pleasant, gracious, and delightful. Unlike the high-pressure tactics employed by our overbearing and overpowering server at Eddie Merlot's in Downtown Pittsburgh recently, Koy did not force us to listen to a lengthy recitation of dishes nor try to force anything on us that we did not want in order to pad the check.
My wife and I enjoyed an excellent evening!
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